Author: Shovona Devi
Year: 1919
The Man in the Eye
I have never heard of the man in the eye, and to be honest it's a little creepy.
The Hare in the Moon
This was a good lesson for the big elephant, but I don't understand if the moon was everywhere because the story was true or it was a trick of water.
I really enjoyed this. The hare fooled the elephants in more ways than one!
This makes elephants look bad, because when the elephant didn't get what he wanted, he stomped his feet and broke things. Suddenly, he had everything he wanted by being a jerk.
This was mean to monkeys.
The story of the girl that became a rat was very cute. I like that it is a circle of life.
The story about the rat to cat to dog to tiger was a valuable lesson on understanding your strengths.
A rat like the one in A Rat's Syamvara (Wiki)
The snake out-smarted the frogs...I could write a story where the opposite happens.
WOW. Because he was ungrateful, he was cut into chunks of meat but none of the vile animals would even eat him. What the heck.
So the Goddess turned good? I don't know... It is very neat that this is the back story for Valmiki, the guy who is the reason The Ramayana exists!
No one in the family wanted to rule the kingdom; this is odd.
SO this is the origin of parasols and shoes. This is a fun story.
The lesson here is good, but I can't exactly put a name on it. When he lived low no one wanted to ruin him, but when he became powerful people suddenly wanted to ruin him.
I like this story. "All Dogs Go To Heaven" comes to mind here.
These dogs sound very evil and creepy.
I did not know that this is specifically how the Pandava's survived in exile.
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